Remember the game you played in high school called "Assassination"? You might have called it something else, but it was a national craze at one point, even becoming something that drew unfavorable attention from the media, parents, and politicians.
The game is simple. A group of people put their names in a hat and then they each draw a name. (You couldn't draw your own name.) You then had to "kill" the person you drew. The rule is that nobody but you and the person running the game knows who you are assigned to kill. The fun part is that someone has your name on a piece of paper too. Thus, while you are the hunter, you are also the hunted.
The "killing" methods varied, but the most common theme I saw was those plastic dart guns you can buy for a dollar.
I remember lots of gambling too. Say your group had 20 people and they each threw in $5 with the last man standing getting it all...
I heard of games that had hundreds of people involved.
Thus schools, parents, police, politicians, etc got nervous about kids running around with fake guns. Plus, a lot of the "killing" occured in school with was a distraction.
During the 80s, it actually inspired a movie with the Cold War as a backdrop. It starred Anthony Edwards as a great Assassin player who heads to Europe and gets involved with some actual spies and assassins. It's actually not a bad movie.
Anyway, now there's a MMO game based on Assassin.
The Ship
I'm pretty tempted to get it.
The Ship
Interesting, though it seems like it'd get repetitive.
I've seen the price at $20. If that's it and there is no monthly fee, it might be worth it. Particularly if we could take the U.S.S. dtman.com for a sail.
Everything gets repetitive, but I think this gameplay is different and would be a blast for a while.
IF the controls are up to snuff.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
I played that at a convention once. Fun.
I grew a full beard before the con, then once the game started slipped down to the basement to shave it off, change my hair color, and swap my glasses for contacts. EDIT: I also brought a change of clothes, but I do that for every con anyway.
EDIT2: Played Assassin, that is. Haven't tried The Ship. But if it's $20 with no fees, I'd be up for trying that.
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I grew a full beard before the con, then once the game started slipped down to the basement to shave it off, change my hair color, and swap my glasses for contacts. EDIT: I also brought a change of clothes, but I do that for every con anyway.
EDIT2: Played Assassin, that is. Haven't tried The Ship. But if it's $20 with no fees, I'd be up for trying that.
Edited By TPRJones on 1153340442
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Not sure where they got those prices listed under the article. It's $20 on Steam.
Not sure where they got those prices listed under the article. It's $20 on Steam.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell